The relationship between dietary patterns and rheumatoid arthritis: a case–control study
Nezamoleslami S, Ghiasvand R, Feizi A, Salesi M, Pourmasoumi M · Nutrition & Metabolism · 2020 September 17
DOI 10.1186/s12986-020-00502-7
Objective
To investigate the relationships between major dietary patterns and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Conclusions
The study concludes that lower adherence to a healthy dietary pattern is associated with an increased risk of RA, while adherence to a western dietary pattern is also associated with RA.
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